Police report

Friday

The Hot Springs Village Police Department’s week focused on a higher-thanaverage number of privately owned and commercial vehicle collisions.

Officers responded to 13 medical-assist calls, 11 of which resulted in residents being taken to area healthcare facilities by LifeNet EMS.

Officers assisted the Garland County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas State Police three times with responses to collisions, reports of erratic drivers and the arrest of a parole violator immediately outside the Village.

Three incidents involving deer on roadways were reported. No residents were injured. Damages were relatively minor.

One welfare check was conducted where officers worked with neighbors to determine the location of a resident, learning she had likely left the home with her sister. A neighborhood man promised to follow-up later in the evening when he expected the woman home.

On one occasion, a response was delayed or canceled due to conflicting priorities and an overall lack of staff.

May 10

Officers attempted to catch a large pig loose on Magellan Golf Course. A local man assisted, disposing the pig.

May 11

Officers responded in less than two minutes to a Dulzura Lane home alarm. Residents were having trouble with the alarm system.

A Cifuentes Way resident said a man came to his door and invited him to church in Little Rock. Neither the man nor his described vehicle was located and no other reports of a solicitor were received.

A La Granja Circle resident was arrest on bond revocation. Failing to follow direction to step outside, an officer entered the home and handcuffed the man for transport to the Garland County Detention Center.

Over a two day period, officers dealt with a resident who first was locked out of her rental unit due to a purse being lost or stolen in Hot Springs and was later arrested for public intoxication while walking on Santa Maria Road with a bottle of vodka.

Reported brush on Balearic Road was found and cleared.

May 12

Officers responded in less than six minutes to a home alarm on Bosque Lane where residents said the alarm needed technical repair.

Officers mediated a dispute between residents over children playing in a yard.

A dog reported swimming in Balboa Lake wasn’t found.

A Reddina Lane resident reported a bowl of cookies were left on her porch by unknown parties. Her father later ate two of the cookies. The suspicious cookies were taken into evidence.

A local business owner said he left his keys in the door and requested officers retrieve them for pick-up the next day.

May 13

Officers intervened in an argument between two men over a borrowed car. The car was returned to its owner.

A gate public relations officer denied entrance to a man without Village identification. An officer learned the man was an AT&T contractor with a valid work permit for a Village tower. The man was escorted to the work site where he had codes to enter the tower area.

A flatbed partially overturned near the water plant after failing to negotiate a slow turn where the roadway gives way to a steep dropoff. Wreckers pulled the vehicle out and the owning company has arranged for cleanup of sand spilled from the truck. No POA property was damaged.

A Resplandor Way resident said she’d seen a flashlight in her yard the previous evening. She was told to call 911 when next seen.

A man said to have diminished capacity was located when he drove himself home.

Officers responded to a two-vehicle collision on Barcelona Road. There were no injuries and minor damage. One driver, who admitted fault in the crash, was cited for improper turning at an intersection.

A car in a driveway ditch was pulled out by a wrecker. The driver was not injured and there were no property damages.

May 14

An Alina Lane resident reported a suspicious noise near her home. Officers conducted a security sweep and provided extra patrols throughout the night for which the resident was thankful.

An officer assisted a woman with a flat tire then escorted her home.

Officers assisted the fire department with traffic control.

A Telon Lane resident reported five uninvited men in her front yard and on private property. An officer learned the men were TFR employees cutting trees on contract. One man was injured by a chainsaw and seated in the yard awaiting the arrival of an ambulance.

Illegal dumping was reported in the vicinity of Debutar Way. No tracking evidence was found at the site.

May 15

An Arkansas Game and Fish officer reported his state-owned boat scraped by a Village resident’s car at an east-end gas station. Though damages were estimated at less than $100, AGF officers are required to report and document all accidents.

Village officers traveled to Hot Springs and made a felony arrest for check forgery. Checks reported stolen from a Village home have been under investigation for more than a year. A recently cashed check from the stolen book led officers to the suspect, who was subsequently taken to the Garland County Detention Center.

Officers responded to a crash on DeSoto Boulevard when a piece of POA heavy equipment lost power on the hill east of Minorca Road. The operator, seeking to prevent a collision with cars, steered the vehicle into a ditch. The operator was not injured and further inspection will be required to determine the extent of damages.

A kayak reported lost or stolen from Fineza Way was later found floating in the lake, likely having fallen from its dock hangars.

Officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on DeSoto Boulevard when a resident reaching for a cell phone charger ran into a ditch. The resident was not injured. The vehicle, with approximately $900 in damage, was towed.

May 16

The driver of an out-ofgas vehicle was taken to a gas station while another officer stayed with the car.

A man called 911 saying that his wife was at home and a risk for suicide. Two minutes later, the man called back saying his wife was in Hot Springs with a friend. Officers went to the home where no one was present. Finding an open back door, they conducted a sweep of the home finding nothing out of the ordinary.

A truck and trailer reported in the roadway near Tomino Way were not located.

A reported erratic white van on DeSoto Boulevard was not located.

Officers responded in less than 15 minutes to a home alarm on Panorama Drive accidentally tripped by the home’s owner.

Officers responded to a single-vehicle crash with minor injuries when a driver was putting an apple into a lunch pail and ran off the road. Vehicle damages were estimated at $15,000.

A tree reported down on Barcelona Road was moved by unknown parties before an officer arrived.

A local restaurant reported finding a purse containing substantial cash and jewelry. An officer was able to determine the purse’s owner and return it.

Officers responded to a single-vehicle collision at DeSoto Boulevard and Cortez Road where a driver was injured and taken to a local hospital. Officers found evidence of narcotics at the scene and further investigation is underway. The driver was also cited for having no driver’s license.

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